A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism
author: Swami Harshananda
edition: 2008, Ramakrishna Math
pages: 2084
ISBN-13: 9788179070574
Topic: Hinduism
Encyclopaedia of Hinduism - Kalanirnaya
This page describes Kalanirnaya which is located on page 126 of the second volume in the book: A Concise Encyclopaedia of Hinduism by Swami Harshananda. This book, known as “a concise encyclopaedia of hinduism”, includes a vast amount of topics covering general aspects on Hinduism, but also contains important aspects regarding Buddhism, Jainism and Sikhism This page contains an online preview of the full text and summarizes technical terms, as well as information if you want to buy this book.
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Amarakoshodghatana of Kshirasvamin (study) [by A. Yamuna Devi]
It is due to this that Madhava says in his Kalanirnaya (p. 63) that the Shruti insists on the purnimanta month (paurnamasyantatve shruteh kataksho bhuyan). The Smriticandrika (p. 377) notes that the amanta reckoning is followed in Deccan and purnimanta in northern India. The Vedangajyotisha says that the first year of the cycle of five years began in magha shukla i. e. , at the winter solstice....
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Karmic Astrology—a Study [by Sunita Anant Chavan]
Computation of time (Kalanirnaya) is also a topic sought by most of the authors for the purpose of rituals and other acts to which Pingree points out in his introduction to the fourth volume of the Census....
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